Mitch McConnell

The senator had been under increasing pressure from the restive, and at times hostile wing of his party that has aligned firmly with Trump

Senators approved advancing to a vote, a day after rejecting a bill combining the foreign aid with immigration reform

The presidential candidate’s growing influence among Republican lawmakers is causing cracks in the party, leading to a day with several lost votes

The GOP leader froze up last week during a press conference in Kentucky, unable to respond to a question, the second such episode in a month

Time is running short for Congress to act on the budget: the House is scheduled to meet for just 11 days before the government’s fiscal year ends September 30

A recent incident in which Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze up has fueled debate about whether Biden and Trump are too old to run for president

The health episode has fueled quiet concern among Republican senators and intense speculation about his ability to remain as leader

According to video from a local news station, Sen. McConnell was asked whether he would run for reelection in 2026. The senator asked the reporter to repeat the question before trailing off and staring straight ahead for about 10 seconds

McConnell has been an annual fixture on the picnic stage in the tiny community of Fancy Farm, where he long has relished jousting with Democrats

The party Trump leads has essentially given up on criticizing his actions, countering his impulses or putting a check on his accumulating power

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his closest rival, did not defend Trump, but he said that he would “end weaponization of government” if elected president

The Senate Republican Leader has repeatedly said he is ‘fine’ since he froze up mid-sentence during a press conference on Wednesday

Senate passage, 86-11, sets up a clash with the House, which passed its own version of the annual defense bill along party lines earlier this month

McConnell stared vacantly for around 20 seconds before his colleagues in Republican leadership, who were standing behind him, grabbed his elbows and asked if he wanted to go back to his office

“That’s no way to govern,” the Republican leader has said. The White House “does not have a plan B,” he added

The Senate Republican leader has been recovering at home since he was released from a rehabilitation facility March 25, after he fell earlier that month and injured his head and fractured a rib

The senator’s doctors discovered that he had also suffered a ‘minor rib fracture’ after he tripped and fell at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Washington on Wednesday

Spokesman Doug Andres says the 81-year-old Kentucky Republican was attending a private dinner at a Washington hotel when he tripped

Handed some 41,000 hours of January 6 security footage, the conservative commentator is working to bend perceptions of the violent, grueling siege into a narrative favorable to Donald Trump